Zeerust crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Zeerust is a suburb in the Greater Shepparton council area of Victoria (about 69,865 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 74 out of 100 (high), 47th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (66th percentile), homicide (91st percentile), break-ins (78th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 77.
In 2024-25: violent 1,725 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier); property 6,215 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 975 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); theft 3,013 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 11th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Greater Shepparton council area is 4.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (843 public and 224 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 412 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 59.9 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.8% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, England, Italy. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 4% of homes; about 58.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19.1% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Victoria publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Zeerust are those of the Greater Shepparton council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,725 | 1,205 | +22% |
| Property | 6,215 | 4,342 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 975 | 681 | -12% |
| Theft | 3,013 | 2,105 | +4% |
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